Headlight for vehicles.



, A. SBUSS.

HEADLIGHT FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21. 1911.

Patented Dec. 5, 1911.

JNVENTOR. 2 @64465 BY r MM4/ WITNESSES:

A T1 ORNE HS.

amen sense, or I'iTIlSBU R Q H, PENNSYLVANIA.

HEADLIGHT ron vnHIcLns.

Specification of Letters lie/tent. pplication and April 21 1m. Serialat. 322.5611

Patented Dec. 5, 1311.

To all who'm 'it may concern.

Be it known that I, ANTON Seuss, a cit-izen of the UnitedStates ofAmerica, residing at- Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and Stateof Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inHeadlights for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification,reference be- I ing had therein to the accompanying drawlng.

This invention relates to headlights or lamps for vehicles, and morepart cularly to the lamps of an automobile.

The primary object of my invention is to provide novel means, in amanner as will be hereinafter set forth, whereby the lamps oftheautomobile .will be shifted to at all times cast the rays of light inthe path of the automobile.

A further object of this invention is to furnish an automobile withshiftable head lights -that can be adjusted through the medium of-thesteering post of the "automobile. V I

With the above and other objects in view, the. invention resides in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of-parts to behereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

' Reference will nowbe hadtothe drawing, wherein like numerals denotecorresponding parts throughout the several views, in which a Figure '1is a side elevation of an automobile provided with the adjustable lamps,Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the lamp holders, Fig. 3 is an enlargedvertical sectional view of one of the holders, and Fig. 4 is aperspective view of part of the steering post of the automobile.

.T he reference numeral 1 denotes the channel-shaped side" frames ofanautomobile 2 and connected tothe inner sides of said frames, at theforward ends thereof, are brackets 3 and 4. Bolts 5 and nuts 6 arepreferably used as a fastening means. .The.

bracket 3 "has inwardly extending arms 7 and 8, the arm 7 having a boss9 provided with a vertical opening 10 surrounded by a ball race 11 forantifriction balls 12. The arm 8 has a depending boss 13 provided with avertical opening 14, surrounded upon the bottom side of the boss by aball race, 15 for anti-friction balls 16.

Rotatably mounted in the openings 14 .and 10 of the arms 8 and 7respectively is a vertical pin 17 having the upper end there 9f providedwith a head 18, said head havmg the under side thereof rovided witharace 19 to receive the anti- 'iction balls, 12.

The head 18 supports vertical diametrically opposed arms 20 and arearwardly extendmg horizontal crank 21: The arms 20 are adapted tosupport a conventional formof lamp 22.

Mounted upon the lower end of the pin 17 is the boss 23 of a crank 24,said boss having a. annular race 25 for the anti-frietion balls 16. Thelower end of the pin 17 1 is provided with a nut 26 and interposedbetween said nut and the boss 28 is a split resilient Washer 27 of theVerona type serving functionally as a nut lock.

-The bracket 4 has inwardly-extending arms 28 and 29 supportingrevoluble pin 30 havinga head 31 provided with lamp arms 32 and arearwardly enten'ding crank- 33. The pin 30 is retained in the arms 28and 29 by a nut 3 l and a locking washer 35. The elements 28 to 35inclusive are similar to the same elements of the bracket 3 with theexception that the ball race is eliminated in connection with the arm29. The rearwardly extending cranks 21 and 33 are connected by a rod 36.Connected to the outer end of the crank 24 is a reachrod 37 and theopposite end of said rod is pivotally connected to a strap 38 mountedupon the steering crank 39 of the steeringpost 40, the steering crank 39and the post 40 being of the ordinary and well known type used inconnection with automobiles.

It is obvious that from the mechanism just described that the lamps 22will be shifted inthe same direction as the wheels of the automobile,consequently the rave of light will be always cast in the path of theautomobile. It is apparent from the foregoirg that the lamp shiftingmechanism is applicable to various types of automobiles, and while inthe/drawings there is illustrated a preferred embodiment of theinvention, it is to be understoodthat the structural eleme' its there ofare susceptible to such changes as fall within the scope of the appendedclaim.

What I claim is In. a lamp shifting mechanism for automobiles. bracketspositioned upon the inner tsides of theframe of the vehicle and eachconsisting of inwardly projecting arms provided with vertically ahningperforations.

a boss upon the outer face of the upper of said arms and provided with aballrace, a pin re'volubly supported by said arms and extending throughsaid perforations, a head upon said pin, said head provided with a ballrace opposing the ball race in the boss carried by the upper of saidarms, antifriction members interposed between the head and the boss insaid races, lamp supporting arms carried by the said head, and means 10for shiftin in unison the pins carried by the arms 0 said brackets.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

ANTON SEUSS.

' Witnesses: t

MAX H. SRoLovrrz, CHRISTINA T. H000.

